The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
Household Hints.

A small piece of butter placed in starch
is said to give fine polish.
Warm salt water inhaled through the
nostIils will cure cold and catarah.
A good cement to close the cracks in
stoves is made by mixing wood ashes and
salt.
Bathing the eyes when tired or weak in
warm salt water will sooth and strengthen
them.
Silver should be washed with chsmois
skin saturated will silver soap each time
after use, thus avoiding general cleaning.
1t is said by some housekeepers that the
addition OF little vinegar to the water in
which tough meat is boiled will have the
effect of rendering it tender.
Windows and mirrors can he made to
shine without long polishing, if after be-
ing washed in hot soapsuds they are
rubbed dry with newspaper.
The white Of an egg beaten to a stiff
froth whipped up with the Juice OF one
lemon and tai en- half hourly, will relieve
hoarseness and soreness of the chest
A cement to be used to mend rubber
boots and shoes is made by dissolving rub
Der cut fine in benziEe. This cement, it is
claimed, will firmly fasten on rubber
patch,
Rancid butter boiled in water with q
portion OF charcoal, say tenth part, will
be entirely Invested of its rancidity and
may be used for cooking purposes, althou III
its fine flavor will not be restored for the
table.
A great convenience in the bathroom
or above the washstand is a sp' asher made
OF enamel cloth, with two or three pock.
cts. The edges should be bound With scar
let braid. The pockets are useful for hold
ing brushes, sponges, etc.
A simple plan Of stopping bleeding OF
the nose has lately been advised. Grasp
firmly the nose with the finger and thumb
for ten or fifteen minutes; by thus COM
pletely stopping the movement of air
through the nose (which displaces freshly
formed clots) you will favor the CLOTHING of
the bl God and will frequently stop hem.
orr hage.
Keep cream apart from any strong smell
ing vege tables, as nothing SO readily alb.
serbs OdOr as milk or cream. Never put
it into jar that has had vinegar, pickles
or any acid in it until .be jar is thoroughly
cleansed and aired. The best plan is to
have a jar especially for it, and be very
particular that it is often and thoroughly
washed and aired.
To purify a loom set pitcher Of water
in the apartment, and in a few hours 1t
will have absorbed all the respired gases in
Tie IOOIu, tue III Vi NulCu VIII ubNo US-
come purer, but the water utterly filthy.
The colder the water is the greater the ca
pacity to contain these gases. At the or
binary temperature a pail of water will
absorb a pint OF carl onic acid gas and
several pints Of amonia. The capacity is
nearly doubled by reducing the water to
the temperature of ice. Hence water kept
in room for while is unfit for use.
lSome recent medical writer has well
said, in the main, as follows: The purity
of dIiDking-water can not be too carefully
watched. The ordinary filter only makes
matters worse The materials through
which the water flows soon become a
breeding place for the lower orders of veg
! etSble life. while they strain out the courser
particles of dirt and give it a delusive
appearance OF purity. The unglezed por-
celain filter is mostly free from such OBJ
iections. This takes out all organized
bodies, ana when the ice is not brought
into contact with water thus filtered it
gives all the security that can be re-
uuired against taking into the system the
germs of disease. There is no security
against the products of putrefaction pass.
ing through such a filter. In fact, the
only way to guard sgaipst these is to
watch the source of water supply with I'M
ceasiDg vigilance.